357. Landing Craft

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger Podcasts

History, Education, Society & Culture

4.8 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

James and Al are at the historic dockyard in Portsmouth, “Saving Private Ryan” by taking a trip on an F8 landing craft. They find out about the history of amphibious landing capability from 1938, up to the the Normandy Landings and through to the Falklands War. But will it be enough to persuade them to feature the Royal Navy more in the podcast? A Goalhanger Films production Produced by Harry Lineker Exec Producer Tony Pastor Twitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPod Website: www.wehavewayspod.com Email: wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	A vast me hearties!
0:11.8	A vast me hearties!
0:13.8	Hello there everyone, welcome to We Have Ways of Making You Talk.
0:17.7	With me, Al Murray and of course James Holland.
0:20.1	And if you hear any background noise that's because we are in a very very very busy dock
0:24.3	yard aren't we?
0:25.3	Yep, we're Alfrasco this morning at the historic dock yard at Port Smith.
0:28.3	Yeah, in the ports with naval base property trust because this is one of those places
0:32.4	like a sort of mosaic of different jostling and competing historic ventures because
0:38.0	this victory over there is Mary Rose beyond that.
0:40.8	Warrior just behind us.
0:41.8	Warrior just behind us but we are well but it's boat house four.
0:45.2	Yep.
0:46.2	With it's zigzag roof.
0:47.2	Yeah but it's amazing we've just walked with it.
0:49.9	I mean that's just something that normal mortals don't go through.
0:52.9	No.
0:53.9	And all this historic aircraft we craft.
0:55.9	Aircraft!
0:56.9	No, rewind rewind!
0:58.9	Historic vessels.
1:00.9	Sessels.
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